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About the event

“The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data.” (Tim Berners Lee)

“We are surrounded by data – data about the performance of our locals schools, the fuel efficiency of our cars, a multitude of products from different vendors, or the way our taxes are spent. By helping us make better decisions, this data is playing an increasingly central role in our lives and driving the emergence of a data economy” (Tom Heath & Chris Bizer)

The W3C Office in Italy is organizing the Linked Open Data (LOD) event that will be held in Rome on 20th, 21st February 2014

The “LOD2014” event is centred around a keynote presentations from
Phil Archer,
a key W3C team member for the Semantic Web and LOD effort, leader of W3C Data Activity. The event will be an opportunity to learn about the latest developments in LOD and related
technologies, and on the current thinking about Next Web Technologies.
The event will give you the opportunity to know what is going on in the “LOD world”.

In these two days we would also want

to share our Italian experiences regarding the use of Linked Open Data

to provide information on Best Practices

to describe the developments and the working groups in the W3C

This event is aimed at experts, public organizations, developers, decision makers and the general public.

You may be interested in…

Call for Contributions

Talks should describe standards and best practices relevant to the linked open data ideally within the Italian context, such as:

Best practices

Applications

Business models

Relevant Standards

Datasets

Contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to the LOD area including:

LOD Publishing of existing repositories

Quality of data

Data Cleaning and Integration in LOD

Open Data Mashups

Linked data applications

Privacy and sensitive data

LOD Licences

Cultural Heritage and LOD

Gender Open Data

Geographical LOD

Graph Database

Speakers are asked to focus on describing practical ways of enabling people to deal with LOD successfully, rather than to focus on technical details or specific products. Given the wide range of topics at the workshop, speakers should also pitch their talk at a level that will be understood by attendees who are unfamiliar with the topic.

Submission guidelines

The abstract of your experience should be no longer than 1000 words. A URL related to linked open data or to the application using this data, or a submission of a multimedia document showing its usage is strongly encouraged.
Selected contributions will be published on the event site.

Language

The language of this event is Italian, foreign guests will speak English, abstracts and slides can be in Italian or English, for the publication on this Web site English is adviced.

Useful information

Event venue

Registration & Contacts

The event is free, however anyone interested must register,
go to registration page.
For any information, including those related to disabilities or special needs, please contact directly the
secretariat.